Well, it's Monday and that makes it time to drop my impressions of the weekend into a forum post before work picks up. 
Had a blast this weekend at the CG on my newest account with several other players tagging in and out. I got into the top 30% with both the bounty hunt and titanium fetching missions, but not without some grief. An FDL player jumped me in a RES, then pursued me. Fortunately, I can run faster scared then he could mad and made it out.
Tried my hand at RES mining in an A-rated Viper Mk III. I had used my cargo Asp to haul Titanium, but it's no good in combat, so I bought the Viper at Greeboski's Outpost. It's a decent fighting ship, but the power juggling combined with Wings and top end NPC ships made short work of it. I died three times, losing a couple of million in bounties. I scurried off to Afli, the nearest high-tech world, and built this:
http://coriolis.io/outfit/cobra_mk_...542727.Iw1-kA==.EwBjEYxccmLEA===?bn=War Cobra
Decent balance of shields and hull reinf which saw me in good stead against Pythons, Conda's and Clippers. I would lose shields occasionally, but the armour kept me in the fight even when taking PA hits from Conda's. I thought it was a decent balance between a armour tank and shield spammer. Made it back to the station over a series of trips with 45%, 17%, 14%, 21% and 33% hull. At one point, I had both my canopy and FSD shot out. Reboot / repair only brought the FSD back to 2% and I sat there for a long time sucking down precious emergency oxygen before the FSD spooled up. TENSION!!!
And this is why I love this game. Never the same twice, even when doing the same type of thing. RES strengths were different, encounters were varied, outcomes were always uncertain and just when you think you are ahead, WHAM... A Python rams you from the side and your ship explodes in a small ball of incandescent gas. *poof*
What did you get up to this weekend?
Had a blast this weekend at the CG on my newest account with several other players tagging in and out. I got into the top 30% with both the bounty hunt and titanium fetching missions, but not without some grief. An FDL player jumped me in a RES, then pursued me. Fortunately, I can run faster scared then he could mad and made it out.
Tried my hand at RES mining in an A-rated Viper Mk III. I had used my cargo Asp to haul Titanium, but it's no good in combat, so I bought the Viper at Greeboski's Outpost. It's a decent fighting ship, but the power juggling combined with Wings and top end NPC ships made short work of it. I died three times, losing a couple of million in bounties. I scurried off to Afli, the nearest high-tech world, and built this:
http://coriolis.io/outfit/cobra_mk_...542727.Iw1-kA==.EwBjEYxccmLEA===?bn=War Cobra
Decent balance of shields and hull reinf which saw me in good stead against Pythons, Conda's and Clippers. I would lose shields occasionally, but the armour kept me in the fight even when taking PA hits from Conda's. I thought it was a decent balance between a armour tank and shield spammer. Made it back to the station over a series of trips with 45%, 17%, 14%, 21% and 33% hull. At one point, I had both my canopy and FSD shot out. Reboot / repair only brought the FSD back to 2% and I sat there for a long time sucking down precious emergency oxygen before the FSD spooled up. TENSION!!!
And this is why I love this game. Never the same twice, even when doing the same type of thing. RES strengths were different, encounters were varied, outcomes were always uncertain and just when you think you are ahead, WHAM... A Python rams you from the side and your ship explodes in a small ball of incandescent gas. *poof*
What did you get up to this weekend?
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